Copyright Ordinance, 1962 — section 23

23. Term of copyright in unpublished work..—(1) If a work, whose author’s identity is known, is not published posthumously within fifty years after the death of the author, such work shall fall into the public domain after fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the author dies.

(2)If a work, whose author’s identity is not known, is not published within fifty years of its creation, such work shall fall into the public domain after fifty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the work is created. 1 Sic. should read “Pseudonyms”. CHAPTER IV 1[RIGHTS OF BROADCASTING ORGANIZATIONS, PERFORMERS AND PRODUCERS OF PHONOGRAMS (SOUND RECORDING)]